Connecticut 2013 2013 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05801 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/23/2013

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5801
January Session, 2013  LCO No. 1736
Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
REP. HENNESSY, 127th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 5801 

January Session, 2013

LCO No. 1736

Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT 

Introduced by:

REP. HENNESSY, 127th Dist.

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE BRIDGEPORT WATER POLLUTION CONTROL AUTHORITY TO LEVY FEES ON STORM WATER MATERIALS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That the general statutes be amended to authorize the city of Bridgeport's water pollution control authority to levy fees on storm water, sheet flow and nonpoint surface material that flows into the city's sewer system in order to construct a separate sewage system for such storm water.

Statement of Purpose: 

To address the problem of storm water in Bridgeport which combines with sewage and results in the overflow of the system into Long Island Sound.